A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

errands Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 0 3 59.6 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences110 2 6 3 0 0
Number of authors6 2 2 2

Occurrences of errands in Corpus

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Doric

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
peyin his errands he asked Mr Technicolor." Fit
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
leeman assistit her by rinnin errands an deliverin saicret messages
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I gaed tae the shop fur the errands on page 1
Wha's gaan tae get the errands in and rise and light the fir on page 24

2 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
al inby the shop tae get thir errands on the road heem.
hey hed a chance tae get thir errands.
eem slowly, for the burden o' errands wis heavy and aye spaekin tae
heem, whin they set doon the errands an hed a peedie rest at the s
4 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ice tae hersel, "ta be gyaain errands for a rabbit! Dinah'll laekly on page 34

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ta sell at da shop for errands. on page 56

1 matches

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